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my brother, Colias hyale in the Priory Park, close to this city, on 
August 14th, I was confident that both species of the genus Colias 
might be expected in some numbers. This has turned out to be the 
case. Having obtained the courteous permission of Edwin Habin, 
Esq., to hunt in his clover fields, through the indefatigable exertions 
of my brother, Mr. Frederick Anderson, I became possessed of 40 
Colias hyale. Running in clover, and keeping an eye on the butter- 
flies, which rarely settle, is by no means an easy task, as my friend, 
Mrs. Fogden, of Apuldram, discovered when she captured four Colias 
Ayale on August 18th in her clover field, and kindly sent them to me. 
In this case certainly the ordinary attire of ladies does not tend to 
facilitate movement. In comparison, Colias hyale has this season been 
more abundant than the showier Colias edusa, for which reason, 
doubtless, only two of the variety helice have been noticed—one 
captured on August 17th, the other on August 81st. It is somewhat 
remarkable that up to the time of writing (September 4th, on which 
date he captured a 2 hyale) my brother has this year taken 40 Colias 
hyale, whereas in the great edusa year of 1877 he caught 40 C. helice 
var., and some in the garden. Except in the great distinction of sex, 
colour of sulphur in the male, and dingy white in the female, I have 
detected little or no variation in the specimens of C. hyale. I have in 
my cabinet, however, a male in which the two spots in the lower 
Wings are large and very conspicuous, being of a brilliant orange; a 
truly splendid colour.—JosEpH AwNpErson, Alre Villa, Chichester. 
September 4th, 1900. 
On August 28th a young friend brought me a specimen of Colias 
edusa which he had taken (with his hat) at Beeston, Notts.—Dovenas 
H. Pearson, Chilwell, Notts. September 4th, 1900. 
Mr. Mousley sends us a number of cuttings from The Yorkshire Post, 
from which it would appear that Colias edusa was captured in early 
July at Stonefield, Dewsbury (Ridgway); C. edusa and C. hyale at Ely, 
on August 20th (Campion); several C. edusa at North Cave, East 
Yorkshire, during week ending August 22nd (Tomlinson); C. edusa in 
the Cleveland district of Yorkshire (Withington); C. edusa, between 
Fairhaven and St. Anne’s, near Blackpool (Denison); several specimens 
of C. edusa, including one var. helice,on Yorkshire coast, during week 
ended August 25th (Stevens); C. edusa at Ripon (Watts). In The 
Naturalist are recorded: C. hyale, at Bridlington (Corbett) ; C. hyale 
and C. edusa, in the Ripon district (Fawcett) ; C. hyale and C. edusa, 
near Beverley (Lowther).—J. W. Turr. 
Since 1894-1895, Colias edusa has not been specially abundant in 
Belgium. One meets with it every year, principally in the upper part of 
the country, and particularly in the valley of the Meuse. In the two 
years mentioned above, they flew in millions in the lucerne fields, at 
Jambe, near Namur. This year it has been particularly rare in the 
neighbourhood, but I am imformed that it was very abundant in the 
Belgian Ardennes, especially at Libramont, from July 1st to 27th or 
thereabouts. Colias hyale is never rare in this country although never 
very abundant. This year on each of my outings in the valley of the 
Meuse and its tributaries, I was able to take a dozen. The imagines 
appear in Belgium towards the end of May, and continue to be seen up 
to September. C. edusa appears in June and continues on the wing 
until August. It is much easier to capture than C. hyale-—L. J. 
